Table 5 Invasive squamous cell carcinoma of skin: age-standardised incidence rates by sex, deprivation quintile and calendar period of diagnosis

From: Trends in skin cancer incidence by socioeconomic position in Scotland, 1978–2004

Sex

Deprivation quintile

1978–80

1981–83

1984–86

1987–89

1990–92

1993–95

1996–98

1999–01

2002–04

P -value for trend over time

Males

All

16.1

15.8

16.6

20.4

22.8

27.0

36.1

33.9

36.9

<0.001

 

1

15.4

19.5

20.5

22.8

26.1

32.2

38.8

36.7

42.2

<0.001

 

2

17.7

17.5

16.6

23.0

24.6

30.4

39.1

36.2

41.2

<0.001

 

3

20.0

15.6

16.8

20.0

21.5

26.2

34.4

33.4

36.4

<0.001

 

4

12.6

13.0

14.2

19.1

23.1

26.5

35.3

32.7

33.4

<0.001

 

5

14.7

13.1

15.1

16.9

18.4

19.6

32.8

30.8

31.5

<0.001

Ratio 1 : 5

 

1.0

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.6

1.2

1.2

1.3

Females

All

6.3

6.2

7.0

7.7

8.9

10.8

14.1

14.5

13.8

<0.001

 

1

6.7

6.0

8.1

8.2

9.4

10.6

12.3

14.1

15.5

0.004

 

2

6.2

7.0

6.8

7.3

9.5

14.2

13.8

15.5

15.0

0.001

 

3

6.6

6.3

7.6

8.3

8.8

10.0

14.1

13.5

14.3

0.008

 

4

5.4

6.0

6.6

7.6

8.2

10.5

14.6

14.3

12.3

0.004

 

5

6.7

5.7

5.9

6.8

8.3

8.9

15.8

14.9

12.0

0.004

Ratio 1 : 5

 

1.0

1.1

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.2

0.8

0.9

1.3